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Confusing Words in English and How to Use Them Correctly

Confusing words that sound the same? Do you keep using ‘through’ instead of ‘threw’, and mixing…
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‘a little’ and ‘little’ & ‘a few’ and ‘few’

We use ‘a/an’ with several quantifiers: • a little • a few • a lot (of) We also use ‘no…
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English Verb Tenses

Do you know about the verb tenses? What's the difference between the present perfect and the past simple?…

15 Ways to Be Happier in 2015

New year. Happier me. I've never been a huge fan of the resolution list craze and I don't believe in…

Christmas traditions from around the world

Click on any one of the floating icons at the top of the page and enter into a world of information about…
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Using WHOM properly

WHO and WHOM are two very commonly confused words.  To be honest, most native speakers don't even know…

Greetings

There are different ways to greet people: Greeting means welcoming someone with particular words or…

Do you know your colloquial pairs?

Many of my IELTS students make a point of studying their idioms and phrasal verbs, mostly as it's a clear…

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a very American holiday. It is also called Thanksgiving Day. It is celebrated on the…
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What are Pronouns?

Pronouns are words which replace a noun: I, me, she, we, they, who, that, yours, his, her,etc.  [gap…
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Get moving into MODALS

Some of my students have a particularly hard time understanding modal verbs. Since I teach a lot of Italians…
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Good / Well

"Good" and "well" are often misused. "Good" is an adjective (and a noun in some cases); "well" is used…